Shooting training for children

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. All market data delayed 20 minutes. Students are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The 24-hour news cycle provides no shortage shooting training for children incidents that illustrate the need for police reforms to our current system, the most recent and tragic example being the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

After the shooting, shocking news broke that the school resource officer, who was armed, failed to enter the school to pursue the shooter. And it now appears that three other Broward County deputies who were at the school did not enter, according to responding officers from nearby Coral Springs. This begs very real and serious questions when it comes to police reform. How can we better prepare police officers to serve and protect? When advocating for reform in any profession, the advocate’s perspective dictates what the reform should look like. Hiring and training practices must ensure that our nation has the most effective people serving as police officers. What this looks like might be a little different in every jurisdiction, as each community has its own unique needs and priorities, but there is an important need for a rare balance and skill set in this profession.

That is a tall order, to be sure. Any deviation from the proper balance sets up the potential for catastrophic failure. Police officers may go years or even an entire career without encountering the particular incident that is a perfect storm of dysfunction when combined with their particular skill deficiency. When it does happen, we get tragic headlines as seen in Parkland, Tulsa, or Mesa.

The role of a police officer is to protect personal rights and maintain peace. Both functions are carried out through the enforcement of laws, but it doesn’t end there. The police are, or should be, as much a part of the communities they serve as they are a part of the government. The complex individual that makes up an outstanding police officer may be difficult to find, and even harder to hire. Thankfully, there are already innumerable examples of such a combination on our streets today actively serving as police officers. Much of what a police officer does could be done by most citizens.

It takes no particular skill to write a report, issue a ticket, or check a door. It’s the rare occasions when a police officer’s unique skills are needed that are precisely why we have highly trained police officers. They are very expensive insurance policies for when things go very bad. Parkland, can be caused by several factors. Hopefully, new details will come to light and the full story can be examined so our police forces can prevent future tragedies. Simple policing reforms allow communities to make sure those courageous and capable officers are surrounded by others just like them.

Randy Petersen served twenty-one years in law enforcement and is a former Director of one of the largest police academies in Texas. He currently is a senior analyst at Right on Crime and the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Has the California backlash against liberal craziness finally begun? Please forward this error screen to 199.

On February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Nikolas Cruz, was identified by witnesses and arrested shortly afterward. He confessed, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. He was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. The sheriff’s office received a number of tips in 2016 and 2017 about Cruz’s threats to carry out a school shooting. After the shooting, some Stoneman Douglas students began campaigning for gun control legislation and founded the advocacy group Never Again MSD. 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, an affluent suburb about 30 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale.